TABLE 1. Matrix of morphological characters used in the phylogenetic analysis. Compiled by WinClada (Asado version 1.61; Nixon 1999 -2004). Dash (-) indicates that the character state could not be observed or does not apply to the species. Taxon/ Character12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637Medetera sp.00000000000000000010000000000000-0000Coeloglutus concavus1101211100001000000000111000002000000Neotonnoiria maculipennis1102211100001000000000111000002000000Dactylomyia sevilhae0001210100000100010000011000011010101Naglisia gracilis0001110100000100010000011000021010101Viridigona bisetosa0001210100000000000000010100111010000Neurigona lopesi0001010100000000000000010100121010000Mberu britoi0001110100000010000000011000110010010Mberu amorimi0001110100000010001000011000110110010Mberu periotoi0001110100000010001000011000110110010Mberu murtiniensis0002110100000010000000011000111020---Mberu takwajasu0002110100000010001000011000111020010Mberu soaresi0001110100000010001110011000121011010Mberu lamasi0001110100000010001110011000121011010Mberu lopesi0002110101100011000000011000121011010Mberu altamiro0001110101100011100000121000121011---Mberu ericae0011110111100011100000021000121011---Mberu bodoquena0011110111100011100001021011121011010Mberu pepocatu0011110111110011100001121011121011010Mberu jawara0011110111110011100001021011121011010

Published as part of Silva, Paulo Cesar, Capellari, Renato S. & Oliveira, Sarah S., 2025, Revision and morphological phylogeny of the Neotropical genus Mberu Capellari & Amorim (Diptera: Dolichopodidae), with description of twelve new species, pp. 505 in Zootaxa 5637 (3) on page 505, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5637.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/15562664